El Comité
A documentary chronicle of the prisoners’ takeover of the Garcia Moreno Penitentiary in Quito, Ecuador. The prisoners find they suddenly have a voice after they take 360 people hostage, and a pattern of abuse and corruption by the guards toward the prisoners becomes clear after lengthy negotiations.
Release Date
March 26, 2006Runtime
93 minGenres
DocumentaryDirected by
Mateo HerreraWritten by
Mateo HerreraLanguage
Spanish; CastilianBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
Released
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